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Queensland Ballet\u003C/h3\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E BRISBANE: Ballet, says Li Cunxin, is for young people.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E "I can’t dance any more. My body suffers now. It’s the knees, ankles, back and shoulders. \u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESometimes I think it’s my brain as well," says the artistic director of Queensland Ballet with a smile.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELi’s story is as extraordinary as it is inspiring. Brought to life in Bruce Beresford’s film Mao’s Last Dancer based on Li’s similarly titled autobiography, it traces his rise from a poverty-stricken childhood in rural China to international acclaim as a ballet dancer.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJust 11 when he left home to spend seven years training at the Beijing Dance Academy, he excelled and became one of the first cultural exchange students permitted to go to the United States, where he joined the Houston Ballet.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELi defected under dramatic circumstances, creating a diplomatic crisis between China and the United States when FBI agents surrounded the consulate in Houston where Li was being held.\u003Cbr\u003E\r\n\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe was released by the Chinese authorities after 21 hours and went on to dance with the Houston Ballet for 16 years, performing around the world.\u003Cbr\u003E\r\n\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELi met his wife, Australian born ballerina Mary McKendry, while dancing in London. 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"I live here with my wife and children. My two girls did ballet but my son will have nothing to do with it. He hated it," he says ruefully.\u003Cbr\u003E\r\n\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E"What appeals to me in Brisbane is being near the water and the beaches and I just love the sunshine.\u003Cbr\u003E\r\n\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E"I like to go to GOMA and walk along Southbank and along Portside at Hamilton which is near where I live. It’s a wonderful lifestyle.\u003Cbr\u003E\r\n\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E"People know me as Mao’s Last Dancer," says Li, "but I’m now helping Queensland Ballet create world class ballet in my home here in Brisbane."\u003Cbr\u003E\r\n\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E \u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E \u003Cbr\u003E\r\n\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWord Count: 485\u003C/i\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ci\u003EUp to date as at: 12 August 2021\u003C/i\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe Fact Sheet, Character Profile or Copyright Free Story is supplied courtesy of Tourism and Events Queensland. 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